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ARTICLE 3
Assistance on request
1. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall provide
it with all relevant information which may enable it to ensure that customs
legislation is correctly applied, including information regarding activities noted or
planned which are or could be operations in breach of customs legislation.
2. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall inform
it:
(a) whether products exported from the territory of one of the Parties have
been properly imported into the territory of the other Party, specifying,
where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the products;
(b) whether products imported into the territory of one of the Parties have
been properly exported from the territory of the other Party, specifying,
where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the products.
3. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall, within
the framework of its legal or regulatory provisions, take the necessary steps to
ensure surveillance of:
(a) natural or legal persons in respect of whom there are reasonable
grounds for believing that they are engaging in or have engaged in
operations in breach of customs legislation;
(b) places where stocks of products have been or may be assembled in such
a way that there are reasonable grounds for believing that these
products are intended to be used in operations in breach of customs
legislation;
(c) products that are or may be transported in such a way that there are
reasonable grounds for believing that they are intended to be used in
operations in breach of customs legislation;
(d) means of transport that are or may be used in such a way that there are
reasonable grounds for believing that they are intended to be used in
operations in breach of customs legislation.